The winning team, from left to right: Dr. Suresh Gopalan, assistant dean of graduate programs in the WSSU School of Business and Economics, the team's advisor; Nathan Thompson, WSSU assistant controller; Miranda Dalton, the manager of enrollment and family services for Rockingham County Head Start; and Willie Hunt, a portfolio review manager at BB&T Corp.
Three MBA students from Winston-Salem State University took third place in the 2009 National Student Case Competition, held as part of the National Black MBA Association’s annual convention.
The competition was sponsored by Chrysler Group LLC and The Chrysler Foundation and brought in teams from 22 of the nation’s leading business schools to compete for $35,000 in scholarships. The WSSU team won $8,000 in scholarship money. UNC Chapel Hill earned first place and Emory University took second place.
The WSSU team was comprised of MBA students Nathan Thompson, an assistant controller at the university; Willie Hunt, a portfolio review manager at BB&T Corp.; and Miranda Dalton, the manager of enrollment and family services for Rockingham County Head Start.
The National Student Case Competition is a unique event designed to give high-powered student teams an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and problem-solving skills in a formal competition. Teams are given a hypothetical business case from which they develop business solutions. Each student team then prepares and presents its case before a panel of experienced business executives. Teams are judged on their analysis of the case, the feasibility of their recommendations and the quality of their presentation.
The competition was held September 22-26 in New Orleans.
